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IPMAN denies shutting down filling stations👇❌ The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria has described as “fake” news doing the rounds that its over 30, 000 members would be shutting down their filling stations. The National Controller Operations, IPMAN, Mike Osatuyi, who spoke with The reporters on Tuesday, said the memo to members which emanated from the Chairman, IPMAN Borno chapter, Mohammed Kuluwa, earlier on Tuesday, asking all its members in the state to suspend services was a wrong move. “Fake news. Bad eggs and sabotage,” Osatuyi told The reporters over the phone. Also, the IPMAN National President, Elder Chinedu Okonkwo, told The reporters when contacted by our correspondent via the telephone that Kuluwa should not have issued the statement credited to him. He should not have issued the statement. In fact, he has retracted it,” Okonkwo said. Kuluwa had earlier directed that IPMAN members in Borno State should suspend ordering products from source until furthe...

Meghan and Harry must be grilled by lawyers over their claims surrounding Meghan's estranged half-sister, judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell has claimed.  In reponse to Samantha's suing of Meghan and Harry, the Duchess of Sussex's lawyers have refused to repond to multiple questions posed by Samantha's lawyers, who are reportedly hoping that Ms Honeywell will rule on their motion to dismiss first.... Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are expected to testify against the defamation case the Duchess' half-sister has made against her.  Samantha Markle, 58, has fired a series of allegations against Meghan who she claims "ruined" her reputation following the Duchess' 2021 Oprah Winfrey interview. Samantha is reportedly on a mission to prove that Meghan told "malicious lies" about her childhood during the tell-all with Winfrey. According to the Mirror, the 58-year-old has demanded the royal couple be deposed in two separate on-camera interviews following...

Scott Alexander, the magician who captivated judges on season 6 of 'America's Got Talent,' died after suffering a stroke while performing on a cruise ship on Monday, his wife Jenny shared. "He is gone. We have lost a father, a husband, a son, a brother, a friend, a mentor, and one hell of an entertainer. Scott suffered a stroke while working on a cruise ship in St Kitts and did not make it home to us. We are shattered. *If you have an order pending on Scott's website please be patient with us as we sort things out. Someone will be in touch with you as soon as we are able.". One more photo below. 

KDSG Security Update: Tuesday 7th February 2023 KDSG calls for caution amidst cash swap hardship.  - Citizens advised to ignore calls for massive protests. - El-Rufai assures market leaders of imminent legal solution.  The Kaduna State Government wishes to appeal for caution and vigilance by all citizens, amidst the prevailing situation arising from the ongoing cash swap and currency redesign policy.  The Government is aware that certain individuals and groups have made plans to organize massive protests, seizing on the acute shortage of cash and attendant hardships faced by citizens. Citizens are reminded that care must be taken not to play into the plans of devious elements seeking to create crisis in this crucial period. Citizens are thus advised to ignore these calls for massive protests in the interest of public security. The Government expresses its sincerest empathy over the tight situation, and urges for calm and restraint as efforts continue to be made towards ea...

WHY UBA, MY AIDES ATTENDED ATIKU'S PRESIDENTIAL RALLY - GOV. ORTOM 7th February, 2023      The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has revealed why the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Titus Uba attended the presidential campaign rally of Atiku Abubakar. The presence of Uba in the presidential campaign of the PDP had sent a message that there is a crack in Ortom’s camp. Ortom, however, in a reaction through his special adviser on media and publicity, Terver Akase said Uba is the governorship candidate of the PDP and not Ortom’s candidate. He further stated that Ortom is not fighting a personal battle, adding that he is not out to destroy PDP in Benue State. Akase said, “Uba is a PDP candidate and cannot afford to miss the presidential rally when the national chairman and BoT members are there. “Uba is not Ortom’s candidate, he is the PDP candidate, and for Ortom to even allow some of his loyalists to attend Atiku’s presidential campaign rall...

PRESS RELEASE IGP ORDERS POSTING/REDEPLOYMENT OF DIGs, AIGs, CPs TO VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, COMMANDS, FORMATIONS The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc (+), NPM, fdc, has ordered the posting/redeployment of Deputy Inspectors-General of Police (DIGs), Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) and Commissioners of Police (CPs) to Departments, Commands, and Formations in line with his manpower development policy of placing round pegs in round holes. DIG Danmallam Mohammed, fdc, has been redeployed to the Department of Finance and Administration while the following Assistant Inspectors-General of Police have been posted to take up the duties and responsibilities of the Deputy Inspectors-General of Police in charge of the following Departments of the Force as indicated against their names; to DIG Department of Training and Development - AIG Hafiz M. Inuwa, mni; to DIG Department of Research and Planning - AIG Aji A. Janga, mni; to DIG Department of Operations - AIG Ade...

Court Jails Two in $1.6b Money Laundering Trail of Omokore and Others Two of the five persons standing trial in the $1.6billion money laundering charge before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, Abuja, Victor Briggs and Abiye Membere, both former top officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, were today, February 7, 2023, convicted by the court for “unethically collecting car gifts as public officials,” in contravention of section 98 of the Criminal Code Act.. According to the trial judge, public officials must act at arm’s length with private individuals, especially those that have business relations with their Departments or Agencies. The court however ordered that the fourth and fifth defendants should be kept in the custody of the EFCC pending their sentencing on Wednesday. Surprisingly, the court acquitted three other defendants, Olajide Omokore and two companies linked to him, Atlantic Energy Brass Limited and Atlantic Energy Drilling Concept Lim...

Yahoo Boy Bags 5Years in Kaduna The Kaduna Zonal Command of the EFCC has secured the conviction of one Wisdom Nuhu before Justice A.A.Bello of the Kaduna State High Court on a one count charge of  impersonation. The charge reads, “That you, Wisdom Nuhu Seth 'M' sometime in December, 2022 in Kaduna within the Judicial Division of this Honourable Court dishonestly induced one Awais Rafiq Maher, on Instagram to deliver to you the sum of Twenty Seven Thousand, Nine Hundred Pakistani Rupees ( 27,900) and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 306 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017 and punishable under Section 307 of the same Law.  He pleaded guilty to the charge. Consequently, prosecuting counsel, P.C Onyeneho urged the court to convict the defendant accordingly.  Justice Bello convicted and sentenced the defendant to 5 years imprisonment or a fine of N 100,000 to be paid to the Kaduna state Government. The convict is also to forfeit his iPhone XR with IMEI...

It is a heartbreaking time for Nollywood actress and politician, Funke Akindele as she loses her mother. According to the statement released by the family, the actress’s mum passed on on Tuesday, February 7. Paying tribute to the actress’ mum, someone wrote: "Oh no not at this time. May God comfort her." More photos below. 

LNSA SET TO COLLABOTATE WITH WASHINGTON MET POLICE DEPT. The Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Agency is working to create a partnership with the Washington DC metropolitan Police Department. This was disclosed by the General Manager of the Agency, Prince Dr Ifalade Oyekan while speaking after a courtesy call on him in his office by a Nigerian born senior Officer of the Washington Metropolitan Police Department. The Nigeria born Officer, Mr Akintunde Akinrotimi at the meeting said, the LNSA has created a new and enviable pathway in community policing in Nigeria if not Africa. He expressed surprise at the level of technology and know how deployed by the Agency in it's operations. He commended Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for keeping with the vision of a greater Lagos as enshrined in his THEMES Agenda, especially with the level attained by the Safety and security agencies in the State while rating the Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Agency very high. He commended the General Manager for...

"Nigeria to the world! Our youths have once again put us on the global map, with their creativity, talent, passion and dedication. This time in the entertainment industry. Big congratulations to Super talented Témìládè Openiyi, aka “Tems” who won the Best Melodic Rap Performance category for her contribution to the hit song “Wait for U” with Future and Drake, at the 65th Grammy Awards. Tems with her unique voice and music writing skills, has in a short time carved a niche for herself in the entertainment industry. She is an inspiration to young girls and women in Africa and around the world. Congratulations Tems! @temsbaby- Gov. Sanwo-Olu ". One more photo below. 

  Gunmen Kill UNIZIK Lecturer In Anambra Gunmen  have killed a lecturer at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State.  Prof. Anthony Eze of Faculty of Education was reportedly killed in the early hours of Tuesday.  The Nation gathered that the assailants stormed the deceased’s residence in Awka with a Toyota Corolla salon car, shooting him at close range. A resident of the area, who preferred anonymity, said the deceased attempted to flee on sighting the assailants who rushed and shot him repeatedly into his chest. He said: “We were here this morning when the man was driving out of his house and suddenly a Toyota Corolla salon car pulled towards the entrance of his house. “When he tried to drive back they followed him and shot him, emptying about four bullets into his chest. As soon as they executed their plot, they fled to an unknown destination while we ran for our lives.” He said the deceased was rushed to the General Hospital Amaku where he was confirmed ...

POLICE ARREST A MAN FOR ASSAULTING A WOMAN WITH TIMBER. Police officers who were patrolling the Badili area on Monday responded quickly and  saved a woman's life, when she was savagely beaten by a man. Members of the Constabulary who attended this crime said the victim from Goilala and the assailant from Western Highlands Province argued over a market spot, before the man struck the woman with a piece of timber. They were selling their bettlelnut at the location but fled when the NCDC Urban Safety Units arrived. When the NCDC officers left, they returned and began arguing over a market space. The man allegedly picked up a piece of timer and struck the woman on her back and head. The victim fell to the ground and was bleeding profusely,  when the police arrived. The victim who sustained serious injuries was taken to the Port Moresby General Hospital and the suspect was arrested and detained. The suspect was taken to Boroko police station  charged with assault and will appe...

 PRESIDENT BUHARI LAUNCHES 2ND COUNTRY REVIEW REPORT, SAYS  PEER REVIEW GOOD FOR STRONG LEADERSHIP IN AFRICA President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja called on member states of African Union (AU) to imbibe the culture of peer review and peer to peer learning for proactive and strong leadership in the continent.   The President made the appeal at the launch of the Second Country Review Report (CRR) and the National Programme of Action (NPoA) of Nigeria.   He expressed delight that electoral, pension, tax and monetary policy reforms undertaken by his administration have received high commendations from African policy experts, who have also recommended that such best practices are worthy of emulation.   He explained that his commitment to the Second Review of Nigeria was borne out of his ‘‘undiluted resolve to entrench democracy, and quality leadership in all aspects of governance, and further ensure that Nigeria does not lag behind other nations.’’   De...

IPMAN Directs Members To Suspend Operations, Shut All Filling Stations The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has directed members to suspend all operations across the country. In a statement signed on Tuesday by Mohammed Kuluwu, chairman, IPMAN, the marketers were also ordered to suspend payment of ordering products from source until further notice. The association said the decision followed, “the critical situation as it affect our sourcing and selling of product at lost and the action of the authority to impose the selling of product at a lost price on our side”.  

 POLICE ARREST TWO EX–CONVICTS, ONE OTHER FOR ROBBERY Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested two ex-convicts for robbing a passer-by on Olowopopo Way beside Otedola Bridge.   The suspects — Osazee Festus, aged 33, Matial Anthony, aged 23, both ex-convicts, and Osinachi Nwachukwu — were arrested in the early hours of Saturday, February 04, 2023.    The trio, wielding a cutlass, accosted their victim at about 6:20 a.m. and dispossessed him of his Samsung A19 mobile phone.    The victim promptly alerted RRS officers close to the scene who swiftly arrested two of the suspects and recovered the phone. Investigations following the arrests led to the arrest of the third suspect.    Osazee was released from prison on February 02, 2023 after eight months behind bars while Anthony regained freedom in June 2022. Meanwhile, Commander of the RRS, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, has transferred the three suspects to the Command Headquarters for furth...

Earthquake: How I, my wife and children escaped death — Turkey-based Nigerian 7 February 2023  A Turkey-based Nigerian, Emmanuel Olaitan Johnson, has recounted how survived the earthquake that killed more than 2,700 people in Turkey on Monday. Johnson, who spoke with BBC Pidgin, explained that he sensed danger when he noticed the crack in his building wall. A huge earthquake killed more than 3,800 people across a swathe of Turkey and northwest Syria on Monday, with freezing winter weather adding to the plight of the many thousands left injured or homeless and hampering efforts to find survivors, Reuters reports. The magnitude 7.8 quake brought down whole apartment blocks in Turkish cities and piled more devastation on millions of Syrians displaced by years of war. “As I speak to you, I and my family are now homeless,” he told BBC Pidgin. Johnson, a Nigerian living in Gaziantep, one of the affected cities in Turkey, explained that he had just finished watching the 9/11 terrorist att...

 IPMAN directs members in Borno to suspend operations, shut filling stations FEBRUARY 7, 2023 The Borno chapter of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has directed members to suspend all operations.  In a statement signed on Tuesday by Mohammed Kuluwu, IPMAN chairman in the state, the marketers were also ordered to suspend the payment of ordering products from source until further notice. The association said the decision followed, “the critical situation as it affect our sourcing and selling of product at lost (sic) and the action of the authority to impose the selling of product at a lost price (sic) on our side”.